Combined audible annunciator and visible indicator.



P. R. SMITH.

COMBINED AUDIBLE ANNUNCIATOR AND VISIBLE INDICATOR. APPLICATION FILEDAPR. 9. I915.

1,1@1,%8. I Patented May 2,1916.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL R. citizen of theUnited States, residing at Connellsville, in the county of Fayette and 5State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Audible Annunciators and Visible Indicators, of which thefollowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to a combined audible annunciator and visibleindicator and has for its object to'provide means for announcing thepresence of a person at a front door and for indicating to said personwhether the occupant of the house or apartment is in or out at themoment he makes the annunciation of his presence at the door.

' Another object of the invention is to provide the combination of anelectric bell and electric lights the bell to announce the presence of acaller and the lights to announce to the caller at the instant heoperates the bell through the medium of one of said lights whether ornot anyone is at home.

With the above and other objects in view which will be more fullyexplained farther on in the specification, I have invented the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is adiagrammatical View illustrating my invention and the electrical wir--ing thereof, Fig. 2 is an elevational view of an annunciator, Fig. 3 isa sectional view taken on line A--A, Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a view similarto Fig. 2 with the guard. plate and sign holder removed,

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout thespecification and in the several views in the drawings in which 1indicates a base which may be any suitable place in the vestibule of aprivate home or an apartment house, office or other place of abode. Uponthe base is mounted a plate 2 upon which is mounted a combined pushbutton circuit closer and lamp holder 3 in the upper edge 4 of which ismounted the electric lamp socket 5 carrying the lamp 6 and in the loweredge 7 of which is mounted the socket 8 carrying the lamp 9.

The push button 10 is adapted to close the connection between thewires11 and 12 which together with the wire 13 form the circuit for operatingthe bell 14. A switch 15 isconnected to the wire- 13 which when engagingthe contact 16 connected with the wire 17 will cause the lamp 6 to lightwhen SMITH, a

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1916.

Application filed April 9, 1915. Serial No. 20,255.

the push 10 is pressedwhich connects the lamp 6 with the battery wire 11through the wire 18. However when the switch 15 is shifted intoengagement with the contact 19 connected withthe wire 20 the other endof which is connected with the lamp 9, said lamp 9 will light when thepush 10 connects the Wire 21 with the battery 22 through the wires 12and 11.

A pan shaped casing 23 has its edges 24 secured to the plate 2 throughthe medium of screws 25. An opening 26 is provided in the center of saidcasing to admit of the projection therethrough of the push 10. Themember 3 is shaped to completely divide the easing into two compartments27 and 28. An opening 29 is provided into the compartment 27 and iscovered by a glass 30 as indicated at .31. Another opening 32 providedin said casing which leads to the compartment 28, the last opening iscovered by a glass 33 having the inscription OUT painted thereon asindicated at 34. It will readily be seen that when the lamp 6 lights onpushing the button 10 that the word IN,will be illuminated. However ifthe switch 16 is shifted to contact with the wire 20, on pressing thepush button 10 the lamp 9 will be lighted thus illuminating the wordOUT.

From the above it will be seen that if the switch is in contact withwire 17 a person at the front door operating the push 10 will benotified that the occupants of the house or apartment are at home, butif the switch 15 is in contact with the wire 20 said person will benotified that said occupants are not at home. In either case the bell 14will ring. Should the switch 15 be shifted to a position between thecontacts 16 and 19 neither of said lamps will light on operating saidpush 10.

Having now described my invention that which I claim to be new anddesire to procure by Letters Patent is 1. An annunciator deviceincluding a casing, means for dividing said easing into separate signalcompartments, a push button device carried by said means, and a separatelamp for each signal compartment also carried by said means.

2. An annunciator device including a base plate, a casing carried bysaid plate, a partition block for dividing said easing into separatesignal compartments and having a on which is painted the word IN lampsocket for each compartment, :1 push In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature gilt/131211 device carried 1by1 said partlltign in presence oftwo Witnesses.

0c transparen slgna p ates carrle y the casing over each compartment,and a PAUL SMITH 5 lamp fitting into each socket on the block Witnesses:

behind each one of the transparent signal EDGAR WILKEY, plates. M. J.CUMMINGS.

